Text 9] The Structure of the Universe 283

TEXT 8

we 2 Met garam wat aa feo Rawnas=:
wa: caferare at ated Tyee I Il

yatra ha vai salmali plakséyama yasyam vava kila nilayam Ghur
bhagavatas chandah-stutah patattri-rdjasya sa dvipa-hitaye
upalaksyate.

yatra—where; ha vai—certainly; salmali—a sdlmali tree; plaksa-
dyGma—as big as the plaksa tree (one hundred yojanas broad and
eleven hundred yojanas high); yasyam—in which; véva kila—indeed;
nilayam—rest or living place; Ghuh—they say; bhagavatah—of the
most powerful; chandah-stutah—who worships the Lord by Vedic
prayers; patattri-rajasya—of Garuda, the carrier of Lord Visnu: sa—
that tree; dvipa-hiitaye—for the name of the island; upalaksyate—is
distinguished.

TRANSLATION

On Salmalidvipa there is a éalmali tree, from which the island
takes its name. That tree is as broad and tall as the plaksa tree—in
other words 100 yojanas [800 miles] broad and 1,100 yojanas
[8,800 miles] tall. Learned scholars say that this gigantic tree is the
residence of Garuda, the king of all birds and carrier of Lord
Visnu. In that tree, Garuda offers Lord Visnu his Vedic prayers.

TEXT 9

qatafaata: faa age: aera: amity
ARN TATNAd aaa Tres Faay ofeagarenqaa-
faaratafa (eit

tad-dvipadhipatih priyavratatmajo yajnabahuh sva-sutebhyah
saptabhyas tan-namani sapta-varsani vyabhajat surocanam
saumanasyam ramanakam deva-varsam paribhadram apyayanam
avijfnidtam iti.
